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25 Céntimos Totana
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Totana |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | Ayuntamiento de Totana Emisión Local 15 de Febrero 1937 Vale por 25 céntimos Canjeable en la Sucursal del Banco de Español de Crédito Este vale caduca el 15 de Mayo de 1937 (Translation: City Council of Totana Local Issue February 15, 1937 Voucher for 25 Centimos Redeemable at the Branch of Banco Español de Crédito This voucher expires on May 15, 1937) |
| Reverse description | Red letterpress text on a green geometric underprint, with a rectangular guilloche border matching the obverse. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is printed in the centre, flanked by the denomination and a mandatory circulation notice. |
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Totana is a small municipality in Murcia, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its ayuntamiento issued fractional paper currency to address the near-total disappearance of metallic coinage from circulation. Republican Spain's centimo coins were hoarded, melted, or simply lost to the chaos of 1936–37, leaving local governments to improvise. These emergency issues — broadly catalogued under the "billetes locales" phenomenon — were authorised under increasingly loose provincial and national guidelines, and their quality, backing, and redemption prospects varied enormously from one town to the next.
Gari Mon 1479-A distinguishes at least one variety for Totana at this denomination, suggesting multiple print runs or typographic variants exist. Survival rates for small Murcian municipal issues tend to be low — not because of heavy use, but because most were redeemed or destroyed when the war's outcome made them worthless.